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No. 664,843. Patented 1an. s, 190|. c. H. EPPLE.

ADVERTISING RACK.

(Application led .Tune 6, 1900.)

(N0 Model.)

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CARL HENRY EPPLE, OF NEV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO LOUIS EPPLE,

OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

ADVERTISING-RACK.

SFECIFICATION forming part of Letters :Patent No. 664,843, dated anuary 1, 1901.

Application filed June 6. 1900. Serial No. 19,316. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL HENRY EPPLE, a citizen of the United Stat-es, residing in New York, Havermeyer street, Brooklym) in the county of Kings and State of New' York, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Advertising-Racks, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

My invention relates to devices for displaying advertisements in frequented localities incidentally with reference-numbers, names, or otherinformation relating tothe use of certain appliances-as, for instance, telephonie apparatus.

Each lessor of a telephone is likely to use certain calls frequently, and to avoid looking in the call-book each time the clerks often mark the walls, desks, and other convenient spots with such calls. To avoid this, I have devised a rack to hold cards giving information as to day and night rates to certain exchanges, emergency calls-as fire, hospital, or policeadvertisements of parties for long terms permanently arranged in any selected portion of the panels, and readily-detachable holders placed in other panels to show frequent calls, preferably arranged alphabetically, the call being engraved on the holder or a card secured in the holder.

The invention consists in a rack having panels for long-time advertisements, secured in sorne permanent manner, in connection with panels for telephone calls displayed in readily-detachable holders, and in the devices and their combinations, that will be more particularly described.

The drawings show, in Figure l, a front elevation of a rack; Fig. 2, a cross-section on the iine .ac of Fig. l; Fig. 3, a detached vertical section on the line yy of Fig. l; Fig. 4, an enlarged detail of the holder, latch, dac., on line .e e of Fig. l; Fig. 5, an enlarged rear view of the holder and latch; Fig. 6, an enlarged end view of the holder and latch; Figs. 7 and S, views of the key.

In a good construction the rack consists of side bars d and d', fastened to a back b and having rabbets c, forming grooves to hold advertising-cards Zin the panels @and f, formed by the vertical parting-beads g and h, the

cards being retained by an end bar t', secured by screws extending from the back. A horizontal parting-bead j forms, in connection with the vertical parting-beads g and h, in a similar manner a Wider panel k for advertising-cards.

Extending across between the side bars a and d', at the top of the panels e and f, is the horizontal parting-bead Z, above which the vertical parting-beads fm and n form, in the manner above described, panels o, p, and q,

the middle one of which may retain cards for emergency telephone calls and the other two day and night rates for telephoning to varions places, the cards being secured by an end bar r, fastened by screws from the back.

Located between the beads g and h is the vertical beads, forming the panels t and u for the more frequent telephone calls of the subscriber. It is convenient to have these calls arranged alphabetically, and as calls are often added or changed it becomes desirable to easily interchange the cards having the call-numbers. For this purpose I place the card n in a sheet-metal holder w, having ears A to retain the card and a tongue B at one end to enter a groove O in the vertical parting-bead s or h. When the holder is in position, the card is held back of the face of the parting-bead, so that it may not be displaced. A latch D is pivoted at E to the back of the holder and is forced outward by a spring F. The latch has a beveled portion G, adapted when the holder is in position to snap into recesses H in the parting-beads g and s. To easily remove a holder, the key I, having the thin sidewise-bent odset J, may be inserted between the holders and, coming in contact with the end of the latch, (which is stopped, preferably, just short of the edge of the holden) may unlock the holder and withdraw it from the panel.

Generous parties sometimes desire to give telephone subscribers so convenient a device, and incidentally advertise their business, so they of course do not Want their own card easily removed. For this purpose an end o f a permanent panel may be used, as the additional horizontal groove makes it diicult to put in a new card, even if the old holder can be rem oved. More particular persons may not IOO like to appear in the advertising-panels, andso it becomes convenient to have one holder, as K, supplied With a short latch L, requiring a special key adapted, perhaps, to enter a hole in the latch to easily unfasten this holder against its stiffer spring.

Having described my invention, I claim and desi-re to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- 1. In an advertising-rack, panels to hold and display advertisers cards in selected positions, associated with detachable latched holders for telephone calls, substantially as described.

2. In an advertising-rack, side and end bars, combined with vertical and horizontal parting-beads to form displaypanels, the parts being provided with means to retain advertisers cards Vand together with certain detachable holders having devices to lock the 4. A holder having a locking-tongue and a latch, combined with ears to retain a card, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this 4th day of June, A. D. 55V

CARL HENRY EPPLE. l/Vitnesses:

GEO. Hoon, I. H. VAN BUREN. 

